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many of them first responders. abc's steve osunsami spent the day with colleagues. >> reporter: the volunteer first responders were everyday people racing to the burning fertilizer depot. heading straight into danger. >> there is a big explosion and our house is just gone. >> reporter: in the newly released calls for help. you can hear the panic. >> look our house, our whole windows, everything it sounded like a bomb. >> pat grim, a real estate agent by day, helped fight the fire that night. he said what most people don't know is that the brave volunteers knew the plant would blow, but stayed there dousing the flames, buying them time to evacuate the nursing home across the street. >> we were able to evacuate those people. there could have been, 30, 40 lives lost because they didn't delay the fire. >> reporter: for the first time we are hearing from firefighters who were inside that terrible disaster. they say the explosion instantly tore apart two of their fire trucks. flattened homes nearby, and killed their friends on site.

>> my wife and my kids are -- keeping me, help keeping me together. >> reporter: the fire fighter was killed in the force of the blast. he worked at the fertilizer plant, and organized the yearly barbecue where he and brothers at the firehouse raised thousand of dollars for new equipment and new trucks. >> the absolute grill master. >> reporter: they lost morris bridges, who loved his motorcycle. kenneth lucke harris, lucke with an e. >> and both iron workers, fathers and husbands. >> doug had a saying when his wife told him to be careful. he would always respond, the good die young. the good die young. and if doug was here, i would tell him, indeed, the good do die young. >> reporter: they started preparing for their first funeral. joey was just 29 years old. the town's secretary. a good fairing man, they will

bury him tomorrow. >> i think about joey, i picture his son's face. and i, i -- makes me think about my own children and -- and you know what could have been. >> reporter: is the word brave big enough for the men who fell here? >> you know, these guys are true heroes. >> reporter: nearly 70% of all firefighters in this country are volunteers. much like the great men and women in west who do so much with so little. steve osunsami, abc news, dallas. >> some great people there in west, texas. our heart goes out to them. >> the stories of heroes doesn't stop with the first responders who passed away unfortunately. there is families that are looking for the heroes that came through the dust to help them. there is one woman, sonya morman, her brother says she was badly injured. she lives half a block away from the plant. literally through the dust a man came, no idea who he was, took her to the hospital. they just want to reconnect and say thank you. >> i am sure they will get a chance. that's great. >> we'll be right back.

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this morning on "world news now" -- bombing investigation. what led the young suspect to do the unthinkable. what agents in boston are uncovering. what his mother in russia is saying. and the only word he has spoken in the hospital so far. overflowing rivers and the worst flood in a century in parts of the midwest. who is taking action in illinois and other areas overcome by mother nature? distracted driving. new cutting edge, hands-free technology designed to keep your hands on the wheel and attention on the road. who is pointing out the latest

precautions? sensational psy, the south korean performer, the latest song, incredible performing and how he's is attracting so much attention on youtube. that's in "the skinny," on this wednesday, april 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. good morning, everyone. we begin this half-hour with new details in the boston bombing investigation. dzhokhar tsarnaev is cooperating with police. admitting the plot was devised from the internet. >> tamerlan tsarnaev bought the explosives at a new hampshire fireworks store the same place that sold the time square terrorist his materials. with more here is our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: with injuries to his head, neck, legs and hands healing, the hospital upgraded the condition of dzhokhar tsarnaev from serious to fair. so far, the only word he has spoken its a grunted no. at the same time, friends sought to upgrade his image.

one posted this unidated video on youtube showing dzhokhar doing the robot dance with buddies on the wrestling team. hardly the anti-american islamic radical accused of following his brother and bombing the marathon. >> it does appear the elder brother was the driving force that he was very angry at u.s. foreign policy. >> reporter: the younger brother told the fbi that he and his brother were inspired by the anti-u.s. internet preaching, of the radical cleric anwar al-awlaki. though the american born al qaeda figure was killed a year and a half ago. his words still have power. here, condemning actions in iraq and afghanistan, which the younger brother said became their motivation to attack. >> we have chosen the path of war in order to defend ourselves from your oppression. >> reporter: the elder brother, tamerlan had another favorite speaker, a chechen rebel leader, whose video tamerlan posted online. here, the leader threatens death to anyone who helps the

infidels. he was killed by the russians last year. and it was on the internet, dzhokhar told fbi agents that they learned how to make a bomb with a pressure cooker. all found at an al qaeda online magazine called "inspire." >> this suggests people appear to be getting smarter about building easily manufactured bombs and then targeting sites in the united states. >> it is your statement. >> reporter: in russia the mother of the brothers tsarnaev who first encouraged her son to follow islam was defiant in claiming their innocence. >> my son just was muslim! my son was muslim that's it! >> reporter: in her first on camera interview, zubeidat tsarnaev said her sons were being set up. >> what happened is a terrible thing. but i know that my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. >> reporter: the parents are talking about coming to boston to see their surviving son and claim the body of their dead one. but if the mother comes, she could face arrest.

for failing to show up in court last year, in boston, on charges she shoplifted some $1,600 of clothing from the lord & taylor department store. brian ross, abc news, new york. we are hearing for the first time from the suburban boston boat owner who discovered dzhokhar tsarnaev last friday. david henneberry, became a hero overnight after his 911 call led police to tsarnaev. it was henneberry's obsession with the shrink wrap on the boat, and the slip away too that discovered, that drove his discovery there. he describes what he saw. >> good amount of blood. >> yeah. my eyes went to the other side of the engine box. the engine box is in the middle of the -- there was a body. i know i took three steps up the ladder. i don't remember stepping down. off the ladder. >> he didn't remember that. henneberry says his one hope is to bring closure to the families of those killed and those wounded. charges have now been dropped against a man in mississippi accused of sending poison-laced letters to president obama and others. paul kevin curtis was released from custody yesterday after

investigators failed to find evidence of ricin at his home. the fbi has now concluded, concluded its search of another man's home in connection with the investigation. that man has not been charged and he claims that he is innocent. >> one of the men facing terror charges in canada for allegedly plotting to derail a passenger train says he is innocent. in a court hearing he rejected charges saying authorities that based their conclusions on his physical appearance. his alleged accomplice will appear before a judge. investigators say both received guidance, but no money, from al qaeda in iran. rock climbers in the french alps captured a dangerous spectacular scene. they were a safe distance away with the camera when the earth started to move. check that out. you are looking at a powerful avalanche, landslide, rolled into one. started snow giving way at the top of the mountain. as you see everything else came tumbling down. tons of dirt, rock and trees. the waterlogged midwest bracing for a soaker today. the illinois river crested at a new level.

record 29.3 feet. floodwaters pouring into businesses in peoria. as abc's wendy gillette reports, the flood threat covers a wide area. [ sirens blaring ] >> reporter: sandbags to the rescue in fargo, north dakota. and the tiny community of dutchtown, missouri, population 94. all to save homes and businesses from ravaging floodwaters. flowing across parts of the midwest. you couldn't ask for a more appropriate name than grand rapids, michigan, these past few days. >> never seen anything like this before in my life. and just was intrigued at how high the water was. and just how bad everything got flooded. >> reporter: a familiar refrain across the region. >> we lived here 50 years. we come downtown to walk a lot -- at least a couple times every week. and never have seen anything like this. >> reporter: the flooding is the worst in recorded history in some areas. >> came in like a water fall. >> reporter: that was before

more rain came pouring down tuesday in desplains, illinois. >> we were bailing it and urging it down the drainpipe. until the window burst. the basement window burst from the water. people parading outside. >> reporter: four dozen counties in illinois have been declared state disaster areas. the worst is not over for some areas. there is rain in the forecast for six states in the midwest. water levels could rise in the dakotas and minnesota when the snow pack rapidly melts in the coming week. wendy gillette, abc news, new york. >> wow. >> the rain and snow melting is obviously one of the issues everybody is worried about. in all the midwestern states. in states like, you know, illinois, iowa, and missouri, which are -- kind of, cut through by the mississippi river, the biggest problem they're facing, parts of the river have deposits at the bottom continuing to build. the water level is rising. they have sandbags and things supposed to stop the water. only at 24 feet.

so, you know, these, these, levels are cresting higher and higher these days. >> desperate situation. the, in peoria, illinois river, highest ever since 1943. 17 inches of rain, twice the normal amount. really getting bad. getting reports from grand rapid, arrest for looting in a flooded home. >> that's -- >> can you imagine? everybody else is sandbagging takes one or two people, right? >> such a desperate situation. the least you could do is at least stay out of people's homes. >> if you are not going to help. >> if you are not going to help, just stay out of the way. let's take a look at the weather now. snow showers possibility for the upper midwest, unfortunately, for them. rain, buffalo, pittsburgh, atlanta. risk of thunderstorms in new orleans. rainy in alaska and hawaii. >> all right, northeast finally warms up to the 70s. it is still up to 15 degrees colder than the midwest. dallas, 36, should be 80. pleasant and warm in southern california. set the scene for this one. england loves rugby.

in england, garbage is referred to as rubbish, this is called a rubbish rugby kick. >> say that five times fast. happened in a professional rugby match. last sunday. watch the game. lands out of bounds right in the rubbish bin. full credit goes for elliott daly of the london wasps. >> elliott, could probably play another 50 years of rugby and wouldn't be able to do that again for a million, zillion dollars. >> the crowd was right on it. >> there it goes. one more time. let's see it. let's see it. up, up, and boom! >> come on. got to have something special for that guy. that ball was rubbish, anyway. >> buy him dinner. coming up, all the drama during "dancing with the stars" elimination round. we have it for you. later, almost family vacation time. reaching out to some advice from the experts this year on travel and trends. how to avoid hassles when you

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> there are new apps out there that advertise themselves making it easier to communicate while driving. while it turns out hands-free isn't always safer. >> surprising, a new study shows speaking your text messages is

just as distracting as typing them. here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: we have shown how distracting driving can be, whether with your kids in the back seat or phone in hand. when i took my eyes off the highway for just over 2 seconds, i traveled half the length of a football field. and while you might think using your phone's voice to text feature is making your ride safer, a study out today says it is just as dangerous as manual texting. in fact, this first of its kind research, a small study of 45 drivers. claims that driving performance slows down while you text, whether it is manual or voice to text. >> this report shows you are in just as much danger when you are using a voice driven way to text as if you are sitting in the driver's seat typing away with your phones. >> reporter: you are 23 times more likely to get into a car crash while texting. so the consumer is now driving automakers to install technology they assume makes the car safer into their vehicles.

like voice to text. >> if the consumer believes the technology in their vehicle makes them safer that's on them, that's not on the message that they're hearing from the auto maker? >> i think they are getting mixed signals from the auto makers. none of the automakers would say "this is safe, go out and use it." >> reporter: department of transportation is issuing new distracted driving guidelines to auto makers encouraging them to limit any sort of electronic distraction that would take the driver's eyes off the road. what is the solution for texting and driving? >> not doing it. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> a simple message. it's been the same message all along. don't text and drive. >> aren't you surprised, it seems like, you know, i have never done one of these. siri -- "tell mom i will be home in 20 minutes." and, it seems like it wouldn't be that distracting. >> i agree until i finally got siri. i started doing this -- essentially texting while driving, speaking my text while driving. you end up doing, you look down,

and -- it makes no sense what you just typed in there is completely wrong. you are frustrated. you have to double check it. you are reading while you are driving. not only that -- you want to send the text. you resort to go back to correct it. >> hit buttons to get siri to start listening in the first place. >> you have got to hit a big button to get her to listen in the first place. the problem is going back. looking at the text. it is incoherent. you want to go back. you want to send the text, you fix it. texting while you are driving. >> no texting no matter what. >> there you go. coming up, the youtube record breaker once again. what video is so sensational it has been watched 400 -- 40 million times. made it more popular than he is. a chance to sample some of beyonce's world concert to

♪ skinny so skinny >> welcome back, a week of "the skinny" is never complete without some "dancing with the stars" news. >> yes, of course. what have you got? >> okay, "dancing with the stars" elimination night happened. a lot of people have been keeping quite a keen eye on andy dick. nobody expected him -- >> cracks me up. exactly right. >> anyway. here we were. once again he was at the bottom. he had a samba. 18 points. another one on the bottom, was

victor ortiz, a wrestler -- a boxer rather. with the rumba. 18 points. biting their nails. which one was going to go? which one was going to go? it was not andy dick. he survived. sorry if that was a spoiler alert. the one who did go. ear muffs if you don't want to hear it. victor ortiz. had a blast. made friends. i was happy to get this far. i think people were surprised he made it this far, too. >> take a listen. >> hopefully the beautiful people will follow me to the next world championship title bout. along with -- along with cast 16. ringside. so, i, it's been a blast. you know? i am happy to get this far. i definitely need some dance moves. >> there you go. an open invitation to the cast for ringside next time he has a bout. >> he still looks pretty good. not surprised boxers move well. they almost dance on their feet. >> eh -- let's talk about mr. psy of

"gangnam style" fame. he has got a new song out. and apparently it's really burning up youtube. the south korean pop star, a mark for viral views, single "gentleman" 38 million views in a single day. setting a blistering pace. let's give a listen. ♪ i'm i'm a i'm ♪ i'm a gentle, gentleman ♪ ♪ i'm a i'm a i'm a >> 38 million views. in a day on youtube. and "gentleman" surpassing the single day record of 30 million, set by a koni 2012 short film. and psy has "gangnam style" most ever, 1.5 billion hits on youtube. it has a long way to go. apparently, this video is ahead of "gangnam style" at that moment.

>> here is a tidbit for you. south korea is not so happy with the video. it is a little on the raunchy side. >> always been controversial, psy. >> goes around humping everything he comes across including fire hydrants. the government says, that's public, government property. you are not supposed to be doing that. >> you can hump some things, but not fire hydrants. >> not fire hydrants. and traffic cones also. i think. moving on to another powerhouse of a celebrity. beyonce, on tour, world tour, a -- there is a clip that has been released. 1:30, shows her belting out a ton of her really popular songs. and "run the world girls". "halo" costumes and elaborate decorations, and basks in the glory of her adoring fans. there is a little bit of the video there. she is doing all this accompanied by her little baby, blue ivy. another one of our "the skinny" elements a couple weeks ago. people were bashing her for not being a good enough mom. now she is showing everybody what she's got. she's awesome. >> looks great.

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>> reporter: you plan. you pack. what about the fun according to our friend at "conde naste traveler" to get started unplug. >> you will see a family at the table and every member of the family has their nose, you know, on the screen of their digital device. >> reporter: first tip -- before you go, make a contract. >> we are not going to have ipods, we are not going to have movies. i am not going to check my e-mail all day. let's do it. on the up side it is fun to go old school. road trip bingo. hoping this keeps them busy for at least an hour? ben circled things he didn't see. >> did you circle things you didn't see? you are a monkey. next, take everyone along for the ride. multigenerational vacations are very 2013. >> grandparents have a lot more patience generally with children than parents do.

>> reporter: also consider taking the four-legged members of your family. with more restaurants and hotels accepting canines it can make your journey a lot of fun. finally, take things slow. can anyone say slowcation? schedule less. be spontaneous. when you see something cool, pull over. today's highly scheduled kids will really remember their parents just winging it. >> yuck. >> reporter: as you head out for your summer adventures, unplug, under schedule, and enjoy the whole family. whoo! we made it. i can't promise a trip free from missteps. ha-ha-ha! but these are steps in the right direction. have a happy vacation, i'm becky worley, abc news, stinson beach, california. >> they get to go to the beach. did you do the beach? >> i had five sisters and a brother. we would pack into the station wagon, horrible back in the

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this morning on "world news now" -- suspect's motives. the accused boston bomber reveals more clues from his hospital bedside. what agents are learning about the two young men just before the explosions went off. hackers hoax, how one false tweet about the president's well-being sent wall street into a tailspin, whose twitter account was hijacked, what was said and where the investigation stands this morning. on the edge, the home that's teetering on the edge of southern california's hillside. what the homeowner heard and saw

before his dream home started to crumble. technological advances for pet owners, what so much money spent on accessories for dogs and cats. wait until you see the latest gadgets offered for sale in your favorite pet shop. it's wednesday, april 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good morning, we begin this half-hour with the boston bombing investigation. and dzhokhar tsarnaev telling federal agents that the entire plot was hatched from the internet. >> his mother is claiming both her sons are innocent having nothing to do with the attack. abc's marci gonzalez following the investigation in boston. good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning, john, diana. the suspect is still here in the hospital, cooperating with investigators. his condition upgraded to fair. as this resilient city makes its own progress toward healing. for the first time since tragedy took over boylston street, some

residents and business owners were allowed to return. a step towards some level of normalcy near the site of last monday's deadly boston marathon bombings. >> as normal as we can get right now. still going to be a little eerie i feel like on the streets. >> reporter: the surviving suspect 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev telling the fbi he and his now deceased brother tamerlan were motivated by religion and have no ties to terrorist groups. explaining they plotted the attack on their own using the internet. the fbi is trying to learn who tamerlan met with during his trip to russia last year as federal officials now say they were aware of his travels. >> the system pinged when he was leaving the united states. >> reporter: the fbi is hoping to learn more from tamerlan's widow catherine russell. her attorneys say she and her family are cooperating with the investigation. >> the reports of involvement by her husband and brother-in-law came as an absolute shock to them all.

>> reporter: for two families whose bitter shock turned to unimaginable grief was a day of final good-byes. the youngest victim of the bombings, 8-year-old martin richard laid to rest as was sean collier. the m.i.t. officer police say was shot to death by the tsarnaev brothers thursday night. and vice president joe biden is expected to travel to m.i.t. for a memorial service honoring officer collier later this morning. john, diana. >> marci, thank you very much. the boat owner whose 911 call led police to dzhokhar tsarnaev. speaking out for the first time. david henneberry stepped outside for fresh air friday night when he notice ed something amiss with the boat cover. when he peeked inside his boat he saw blood and called police. henneberry knows about this movement online to buy him a new boat. he said he appreciates it, but wants the money to go to the victims instead. the man accused of plotting to derail a passenger train in canada is rejecting terror charges against him.

in court yesterday he said authorities were basing conclusions on his physical appearance. investigators claim he was receiving guidance but no money from members of al qaeda in iran. >> definitely in the planning stage but not imminent. >> the second suspect will appear before a judge today. iran says it has the simply nothing to do with the alleged plot though canadian authorities have not claimed the men were state sponsored. >> phony terror attack, triggered a wild ride on wall street, it sent stocks into a tizzy. hackers got a hold of the twitter account for associated press and took a false tweet about explosions at the white house for $100 billion to vanish in a flash. abc's rebecca jarvis explains how this happened. >> reporter: it was the tweet that sent stocks plunging. at 1:07 p.m., breaking news from associated press. two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured. >> stocks higher this afternoon, recovering after a false report of a bombing at the white house.

>> hack attack on an ap twitter feed. >> reporter: the news was false. a hacker's hoax. before the ap or president's press secretary could clear things up. >> i can say the president is fine. i was, just with him. >> reporter: there were four minutes of panic on wall street. a gain of 130 points on the dow gone in an instant. $136 billion lost. before seconds later, a full recovery. but it wasn't humans driving stocks lower. traders say many computer programs troll the internet for key phrases and react accordingly. in this case, they saw the ap's tweet and responded sell, sell, sell. >> computers don't have emotions. computers don't have intuition. computers trade off one variable. one variable only. humans use intuition. we can look, feel, touch. we knew pretty quickly it was not a true headline. >> reporter: authorities are still questioning just how this could happen. the ap has suspended its twitter account. but this is a cautionary tale

that in this digital age, even an obvious hoax can cost americans millions of dollars. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> fascinating. what to me is most fascinating not that twitter got hacked, which is fascinating in its own right. the computers saw key words and said, sell, sell, sell. >> yeah, the scary part. when we are talking about hard earned money. in a moment, the economic recovery is still, un -- we are not on footing when it comes to that. everybody now getting directives, ourselves, included, what to do. make our password stronger. reports are that it wasn't that their password were weak, the e-mail, ap, their accounts were hacked. but also the e-mail accounts related to their accounts, you know, accounts and their twitter accounts, were also not as strong as they should be. strong passwords the way to go to prevent hacking. >> big lessons with all the news. twitter is great for spreading information accurately and great for spreading information inaccurately.

be careful. >> information/misinformation. the george w. bush presidential library and museum will be dedicated tomorrow. the event put police in dallas on high alert. president bush's new library sits on the campus of southern methodist university. he will be joined by president obama, and the four living ex-presidents, including his dad. some ceremonies begin there today. police are confident that everything is going to go smoothly. >> we are acutely aware of the sensitive nature of this three-day event. we are well prepared. we have been preparing for several months. >> the city's emergency operation center has been activated as a precaution. police say they will be keeping a close eye on protesters. and abc's diane sawyer sat down with the former president and first lady on this historic occasion. look for her interview with laura and george w. bush tonight on abc's "world news." >> talking living on the edge.

take a look at this house in southern california. teetering on the brink after a landslide. chunks of foundation, tumbled 150 feet down the hillside. imagine being inside while all this going on. the home with a great view belonged to a doctor and his wife. >> i heard a big bang. somewhere in the house, i looked at the periphery within the house except for the patio. >> the family has been ordered out. officials think the trouble started with a broken water pipe, not rainfall, caused the ground underneath to break way underneath the patio. >> a 12-year-old boy is recovering after getting &thesni river. lucas shultz got stuck into a drainpipe, hidden under high water. he panicked. and his dad and a fisherman who saw what was happening tried to pull him out. the force of the water was just too powful lucas disappeared under the pipe e.t was f the fisherman was to

>> wow. the drenching rain that caused so many rivers to overflow their banks, is hitting the ohio valley today. flooding continues across the midwest after the illinois river crested at a new level. a record 29.3 feet. and floodwaters are still pouring into businesses in peoria this morning if you can believe it. >> good luck to those folks. a look at your hump day weather. after a foggy star california a plent denver getting well-deserved sunny skies after spring snowstorms. thunderstorms possible along the >> much colan utest chicago and detroit struggle to reach 50. florida sunny and warm. warmhe aic n portland is in the mid-70s. as the saying goes, everybody loves a baby, especially if he's 6'3" tall. >> how is this possible? talking about a giraffe. 6'3", now nearly a week old. wow, dane the giraffe there, newest star at the zoo in santa barbara, california.

he ventured into the outdoor area of his enclosure, for the first time yesterday. onlookers loved it. >> dane is part of a baby boom there at the zoo. another mommy giraffe is nearing the end of her pregnancy. due to deliver soon. >> check that out. he is 6'3", looks 2 foot tall next to mom. >> next to mom. he is going to grow -- how many feet is that? 20 something at the least. 40 feet. >> 12, 15. >> no, next to dane. >> next to dane? >> yeah, wonder how big they get? >> dane looks less than half -h >> at least 1 >> at least 12. i am going to say in the what do we know? we're not experts here. >> dane is cute. he will grow up aafarntaparenta genetically valuable to the zoo. nobody knows what that means. he will be contributing hugely to the giraffe population. >> maybe stud fees for real. >> ooh, i don't know. coming up, sorting out fact

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wives tales and you can end up with state of confusion. now we get some help. abc's dr. richard besser just published a book to sort out some of the myths in medicine. >> absolutely. >> definitely. >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: lots of confusion out there. let's clear it up. starting with the medicine cabinet. is it safe to use drugs after the expiration date? the truth -- over-the-counter drugs are good for years. even the cdc stores drugs after expiration date. for you it means aspirin, cold remedy pills okay to keep. liquid drugs and prescription drugs should get tossed. keeping them is dangerous. more everyday medicine. if you get a cut should you clean it with rubbing alcohol, water or hydrogen peroxide? >> alcohol. >> i think water. >> i'm not sure. >> rubbing alcohol. >> reporter: truth. plain water. hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol can damage the wound. you just want to get the dirt and bacteria out of the cut. your immune system can do the rest. eight out of ten americans will have back pain in their life.

if your back hurts, is rest best or lay still? the truth, bed rest isn't helpful. get up and keep moving. walk. gently stretch. take a pain reliever. if you don't feel better in three days or muscle weakness call your doc. finally, you're watching tv. does sitting too close hurt your eyes? >> i think so. >> you should not sit too close to the tv. >> i do believe that was never proven. >> i sat close to the tv when i was young. and i'm very near-sighted. >> reporter: the truth, sitting too close to the television can strain your eyes temporarily, hurt them? no. that's not why people need glasses. that's the truth. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> you did really well on that test. you passed with flying colors. i am doing it all wrong. resting when i have back pain. putting alcohol on my cuts. i am sitting, miles away from a television. >> he addresses it. i want to know the feed a fever, starve a cold.

did i get it backward? always confused by that one. >> i want to know if you can cure a cold. everybody says you can't. >> shorten it but can't cure it. >> hmm. talk to the doctor. up next, pet care made easy. >> giz whiz has top picks for making caring for your cat or dog a breeze.

♪ >> it is a huge business, pet accessories, and dick debartolo, from twit.tv, shows us how electronic gadgets can improve

our relationships with furry friends. good morning, dick. my favorite one. a dog bowl, cat bowl. it does something very interesting. >> it does more, exactly. it's the wonder bowl selective feeder. this guy is hungry. walks over to his dog bowl. it opens up. he has a little collar. now he is walking away. an infrared sensor here, in five seconds the lid closes again. >> why do we need this? i love your answer. >> the cat comes over. it stays closed. >> the cat gets one necklace. the dog gets another one. they can't eat each other's food. unless they -- >> unless they're into hacking. >> what have we got next? >> this is a tiny little air purifier here. at the pet show, the guy showed me. poured ammonia on a handkerchief, put it in front for a minute. took the ammonia out.

>> good for the litter box. small kitchen in the city, something, get rid of the smell. >> this is pretty neat. the bark, activity counter. so the dog wears this device here. >> okay. >> now when you come home. you plug it into your computer. and then you get a printout of what your dog did during the day. so you can see he was quiet all day long, along the bottom. >> spiked at 2:00. >> exactly. >> why would some kind of control freak want to have this? >> you know what? perfect if the neighbors say your dog is barking all day. you can say, oh, really, matter of fact. >> my dog barked for five minutes at 4:35. >> that is actually, very, very good. i look this one too. what's up next? >> this is easy out. remote control cage pet door opener. >> use it with, crate train your pet. >> crate training. perfect. any time you want to open the latch. you push on the remote control. and. >> remote control is right here. do that again. you've will see that. they can open the door.

>> yeah, exactly. you are in bed. >> not in the mood to deal with it. >> the pet door has a latch on it. very funny. pup-casso, and cat-casso. >> how about leonardo dog-vinci. >> yeah, yeah, i know that guy. >> put the paper down. smear paint on it. put the plastic over it. your dog walks back and forth over it. and paints a masterpiece. and my dog fairway painted this. >> a masterpiece. >> the bark 101. >> i can hear it. >> from dog snores. this is the pillowcase for the husband and the wife. >> got it. >> how come the wife gets more than the dude? >> yeah, right. yes. how come the dog gets the entire big pillow. >> my goodness, gracious. >> more than two-thirds of the people in america own pets. and lot of people. >> love novelty, funny, gifts like this. >> a great gift.

>> it is a great gift. dick, thank you so much. we appreciate it. find details on all gadgets on dick's website, gizwiz.biz or wnnfans.com. you are watching "world news now." >> i think i am going to have some more food! ♪ oh this is soft. this is so so soft. hey hun, remember you only need a few sheets. hmph! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. ♪ charmin ultra soft is made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less. hope you saved some for me. mhmm! you and the kids. we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft.

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she finished a new album her 26th if you are counting and first in a dozen years. here's abc's chris conley. ♪ do you believe in love after love ♪ >> reporter: believe it. she is back yet again. and her fans' ship has come in. ♪ if i could turn back time >> reporter: at 66, cher, the irrepressibly, one of a kind style and songstress started in the '60s served up hit singles, first alongside sonny bono. ♪ then on her own. enjoyed as many comebacks. ♪ every night the men would come around and lay their money down ♪ >> reporter: ended her more than a decade long break from solo recording. >> snap out of it. >> reporter: and knocked out nine new tracks in the studio. or as she tweeted in all caps monday "i just finished my cd."

its first single "women's world" slated to hit radio in june. >> another thing we heard is she is working with pink, lady gaga, she is kind of reaching out to young people who are really hot in the business that can kind of keep her image up and who clearly have looked up to her. >> reporter: in 2011, she cheered the "dancing with the stars" performances of son chaz. earlier this month posted this photo of their cher and cher alike solos. >> mom -- all right, i'm telling your story. and next month cher will bring real life drama to lifetime "dear mom love cher" a documentary about her mother. latest offering in a sensational career, always showcasing music of its time and love that is timeless. ♪ i got you babe >> reporter: chris conley, abc new, los angeles. someone else having a little comeback is chaz bono. he lost 60 pounds.

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>>this morni this morning on "world news now" -- inside information about the suspected boston bombers. from their mother overseas to the moment dzhokhar tsarnaev was found inside a man's boat. >> i didn't expect to see anything. and i look in the boat over here on the floor and i see blood. >> what investigators are uncovering and how the city is coping with so much grief. road rage. in an exclusive southern california community what police and prosecutors are

saying about surveillance video, who was involved and serious charges that could be filed. real-life heroes. the volunteer first responders who bravely went into the danger zone in texas after a fertilizer plant blew up. their emotion as colleagues speak out. it's wednesday, april 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good morning. we begin this half-hour in boston where investigators are building that criminal case against dzhokhar tsarnaev. they say the young man is being cooperative. he admitted the whole attack was devised from the internet. >> but his mother back in russia is adamant, she says both her sons are innocent. our coverage begins with wendy gillette. >> my son was just muslim. my son was muslim that's it! >> reporter: the mother of the boston bombing suspects continues to claim her sons are innocent. >> what happened is a terrible thing.

but i know that my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. zubeidat tsarnaev says son tamerlan tsarnaev had been monitored by the fbi. >> i know that because i used to talk to them and they used to come to our house like two, three times. and then my, my tamerlan used to tell me he used to talk to them. they called me once the they wanted his number. and then, at such moments i used to get worried. >> reporter: at this point, zubeidat does not plan to travel to the u.s. to bury tamerlan and see her son dzhokhar at the hospital he was charged where he is recovering. abc news learned that tsarnaev has an outstanding arrest warrant after she missed a court appearance in october stemming from a shoplifting case. charged with three felony counts for allegedly stealing $1,600 from lord & taylor in

massachusetts last june. wendy gillette, abc news, new york. a funeral mass was held yesterday in boston for the youngest marathon bombing victim, only family members attended for martin richard. friends and family and fellow police officers paying tribute to the m.i.t. police officer sean collier, he was fatally shot three days after the bombing. vice president biden attend a memorial service for collier later today. for the first time we're hearing from david henneberry who owned the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was found. he considers himself an incidental hero. and ed harding from wcvb has the the exclusive interview. >> i know people say, there's blood in the boat, he saw blood and went in. not, not. >> reporter: not true. david henneberry is the only one who knows the whole story how the second suspect was discovered. but he says it is not the story

we have all heard. he never saw any blood on the outside of his boat. a more subtle clue that something was wrong. henneberry went out for air when the police said it was safe and noticed shrink wrap on his boat was out of place. he want to the garage and grabbed a stepladder. >> i got, i think three steps up the ladder. and i rolled it up. i can see through the shrink wrap. i didn't expect to see anything. i look in the boat over here, on the floor and i see blood. >> reporter: a lot of blood? >> good amount of blood. and my eyes went to the other side of the engine box, engine box is in the middle of the -- there was a body. >> reporter: at that moment, what did you do? what were you thinking at that moment? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: he couldn't see suspect two's face. he was glad he couldn't see his face. >> well i know i took three steps up the ladder. i don't remember stepping down. off the ladder. >> reporter: he rushed into his

home, called 911. police swarmed the neighborhood. david and his wife were taken away. >> reporter: people are calling you a national hero. >> that people that were killed can get some -- >> reporter: in many ways they do. an accidental hero with the thanks of a city. watertown, massachusetts, ed hardy, for abc news. >> what a guy. the charges of sending poison laced letters to president obama and others. have been dropped. a mississippi man says he wants to return to a normal life. paul kevin curtis cleared in the case yesterday after investigators found no trace of ricin at his home. curtis said he would never do anything to threaten u.s. officials and had nothing but praise for his attorney. >> i have had real representation from an attorney at law. i will be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i went through 20 or so in the last 13 years. i will never let you go. >> the fbi searched the house of a man in mississippi in

connection with the case. he had a falling out with curtis a few years ago. he hasn't been arrested. he says he is innocent. the second suspect in an alleged plot to derail a train between new york and canada will have a chance to answer to terror charges against him today. his alleged accomplice rejected charges saying authorities were basing their case on appearance. canadian investigators say the pair was plotting with al qaeda in iran. the iranian government said it had nothing to do with the plot. now to a dramatic surveillance video from a colombian train platform capturing a man moments away from death. keep your eye on this man, wandering around the platform in the white shirt and black pants. he suddenly tries to throw himself in the path of an oncoming train. a quick thinking police officer with quicker hands. saves the day. pulling him out of the way just in time. take a look at this again. there you see him, white shirt, black pants. the guy you want to keep an eye on.

sees a train coming. he goes for it. the cop pulls him back. it is not your day, buddy. the police officer says just doing his job. >> that is remarkable. spring like a cat. >> almost as if instinct kicked in. >> man just something about the way the guy is walking. >> no stopping. just looked like he would walk in front of the train. wasn't going to stop. >> yeah. violent protests in the streets of france after lawmakers in paris approved gay marriage. throwing objects at police who responded with tear gas. lawmakers asked the highest court to rule whether the new law is constitutional. we have been reporting about the coast-to-coast flight delays due to the furloughs of air traffic controllers. furloughs by the faa are the result of automatic, federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester. the fight over blame for it now in the senate. last night it was on the floor. democrat harry reid proposed to suspend the sequester and it was met with sharp opposition. >> we have created a situation

where we are going to discomfort and inconvenience hundreds of thousands of american people on a political point because we can't cut any spending in washington. >> several senators are urging the obama administration to put off to furlough to give all sides to find other ways to handle the spending cus. police in beverly hills looking for a driver behind a violent cage of road rage all captured on camera. the driver in a white bmw chased a man on the bicycle into an alley. rammed into him, and pinned him to a metal garbage bin. peels out in reverse with the cyclist still hanging on to the car. then speeds away. there it is again. ouch. police say the driver is going to face serious charges if and when he is caught. >> there was a small dispute, verbal argument initially. and then the bicyclist to his own admission says he lost his cool and punched the guy in the face.

that doesn't give you the right to go chase someone in your vehicle and run them over. >> boy, oh, boy. see the dent made by the car in the trash bin. the cyclist was injured expected to be okay. >> just say no to all this stuff. >> punched him in the face. the guy in the car said, i'm going to get you. there isn't a huge description on the guy. white man, 30s. dark hair, dark eyes, thin build. could be anybody. john that was you in beverly hills. >> have you had road rage? >> you had one coming into work. i am going into the holland tunnel on a friday. i want to get home to new jersey. one guy wanted to cut three lanes. he was nuts. crazy. i said don't think about it, buddy, in my best new york accent. he yelled. i said, yeah, yeah. we did talking in french. he said i will see you on the news, buddy. and he knew who i was. i went. >> have a nice day. >> i drove away. not going to do that anymore. >> puts your ego in check. >> sure. >> my road rage was less

dramatic. somebody got in front of me. started flashing their brake lights at me. and got in front of them. did the same thing. and don't try this at home, kids. i had brights in my mirror. for the rest of the ride to work. >> night vision. brights. the worst. >> don't do it, guys. our first look at reese witherspoon in custody. talk about some rage there. being let out of the atlanta policeman's squad car in handcuffs. then uncuffed. taken inside the police station for booking. witherspoon arrested for disorderly conduct while her husband was busted for dui. she since called herself "deeply embarrassed about the whole thing." to england where the media cannot get enough of pregnant kate. >> arrived at a school in manchester to the cheers of children yesterday. the duchess had a baby bump clearly visible. there to publicize the school counseling program to fight drug and alcohol addiction. >> kate was given a package of treats for her dog, as well as

some roses. let's be honest here. all everyone was really interested in was how much she is or isn't showing? she is due to have that little baby in july. >> that little baby is going to be world famous for the rest of his or her life. you have a guess? >> i think it is a girl. >> a girl? >> she is not showing. impossible to tell. >> the old adage? >> you carry wider with a girl. you carry slimmer and toward the front with a boy. she is thin as a rail. good for her. looks nice and healthy. that's all that matters. coming up, developing a late-night tv show all around a well-known breakfast cereal. wait until we explain this to you in "the mix." this morning, when a circus tiger has to go, she has to go. she didn't go to the litter box. what a bathroom adventure this was. you are watching "world news now." ♪ i have a meeting in the lady's room i'll be back real soon ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by lysol no mess toilet bowl. lysol

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and it's four times stronger. [chain saw whirring] [growling] listen, you are extremely terrifying-- just the scariest undead thing on tv, and i really mean that. i am worried that you could give my kids nightmares if they see you, so i'm gonna have to block you. [sighs] so, that's it. oh, and tell the zombies they're blocked, too. we have been hearing amazing stories of heroes, the ultimate heroes those who risk their lives every day to save lives. >> in west, texas, 14 people were killed in the explosion of a fertilizer plant last week. many of them first responders. abc's steve osunsami spent the day with colleagues.

>> reporter: the volunteer first responders were everyday people racing to the burning fertilizer depot. heading straight into danger. >> there is a big explosion and our house is just gone. >> reporter: in the newly released calls for help. you can hear the panic. >> look our house, our whole windows, everything it sounded like a bomb. >> pat grim, a real estate agent by day, helped fight the fire that night. he said what most people don't know is that the brave volunteers knew the plant would blow, but stayed there dousing the flames, buying them time to evacuate the nursing home across

the street. >> we were able to evacuate those people. there could have been, 30, 40 lives lost because they didn't delay the fire. >> reporter: for the first time we are hearing from firefighters who were inside that terrible disaster. they say the explosion instantly tore apart two of their fire trucks. flattened homes nearby, and killed their friends on site. >> my wife and my kids are -- keeping me, help keeping me together. >> reporter: the fire fighter was killed in the force of the blast. he worked at the fertilizer plant, and organized the yearly barbecue where he and brothers at the firehouse raised thousand of dollars for new equipment and new trucks. >> the absolute grill master. >> reporter: they lost morris bridges, who loved his motorcycle. kenneth lucke harris, lucke with an e. >> and both iron workers, fathers and husbands.

>> doug had a saying when his wife told him to be careful. he would always respond, the good die young. the good die young. and if doug was here, i would tell him, indeed, the good do die young. >> reporter: they started preparing for their first funeral. joey was just 29 years old. the town's secretary. a good fairing man, they will bury him tomorrow. >> i think about joey, i picture his son's face. and i, i -- makes me think about my own children and -- and you know what could have been. >> reporter: is the word brave big enough for the men who fell here? >> you know, these guys are true heroes. >> reporter: nearly 70% of all firefighters in this country are volunteers. much like the great men and women in west who do so much with so little. steve osunsami, abc news, dallas. >> some great people there in west, texas. our heart goes out to them. >> the stories of heroes doesn't stop with the first responders who passed away unfortunately. there are families that are looking for the heroes that came through the dust to help them. there is one woman, sonya morman, her brother says she was badly injured. she lives half a block away from the plant. literally through the dust a man came, no idea who he was, took her to the hospital. they just want to reconnect and say thank you. >> i am sure they will get a

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♪ you might expect some dangers to lurk inside of public restrooms. but a kansas woman came face to face with one that is pretty unusual. >> yeah, this one is our "favorite story of the day" that danger was a tiger. jenna crabel was excited to see exotic animals on her family's first trip to the circus. >> the tiger show finished. i thought this is a good time to head to the bathroom and be back before the next show. >> reporter: she got the surprise of her life from a potentially ferocious feline. >> everybody please stay seated. >> reporter: saturday night a tiger ran away from its trainers during a show in kansas.

>> ladies and gentlemen, please, remain calm. >> reporter: leah left the circus ring heading down the corridor before being cornered by security in the same bathroom, she was about to head into. >> she is a female tiger, so, of course, she will be in the female restroom. >> reporter: she entered the restroom through the back door, find herring face to face within two to three feet of the furry feline. >> i need to be calm. turn around. walk out it will be fine. that's what i did. >> reporter: if this sounds like something out of a hollywood movie, you are on to something. who can forget the close encounter with mike tyson's tiger in "the hangover." >> there is a tiger in the bathroom! >> reporter: a similarly stunned

creble headed back to her seat after her tiger meet and greet. her 3-year-old daughter all ears about mommy's adventure. >> she asked me about the tiger and itch the tiger washed its hands. i said, yes, of course. >> reporter: in a trip to the circus, far outside the center ring, she says she will never forget. >> lot of strange bathroom stories in the world. seeing a tiger, a pretty weird one. >> pretty much takes the cake. nobody was injured. look at you training your tiger. >> cool and calm. >> mom says by the fact that her daughter asked her whether the tiger washed her hands goes to show kids really have no idea when it comes to danger. >> mommy is very lucky. we'll be right back. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs.

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>> this morning on "world news now" -- bombing investigation. what led the young suspect to do the unthinkable. what agents in boston are uncovering. what his mother in russia is saying. and the only word he has spoken in the hospital so far. overflowing rivers and the worst flood in a century in parts of the midwest. who is taking action in illinois and other areas overcome by mother nature?

distracted driving. new cutting edge, hands-free technology designed to keep your hands on the wheel and attention on the road. who is pointing out the latest precautions? sensational psy, the south korean performer, the latest song, incredible performing and how he's is attracting so much attention on youtube. that's in "the skinny," on this wednesday, april 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. good morning, everyone. we begin this half-hour with new details in the boston bombing investigation. dzhokhar tsarnaev is cooperating with police. admitting the plot was devised from the internet. >> tamerlan tsarnaev bought the explosives at a new hampshire fireworks store the same place that sold the time square terrorist his materials. with more here is our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: with injuries to his head, neck, legs and hands healing, the hospital upgraded the condition of dzhokhar tsarnaev from serious to fair. so far, the only word he has spoken is a grunted no. at the same time, friends sought to upgrade his image.

one posted this undated video on youtube showing dzhokhar doing the robot dance with buddies on the wrestling team. hardly the anti-american islamic radical accused of following his brother and bombing the marathon. >> it does appear the elder brother was the driving force that he was very angry at u.s. foreign policy. >> reporter: the younger brother told the fbi that he and his brother were inspired by the anti-u.s. internet preaching, of the radical cleric anwar al awlaki. though the american born al qaeda figure was killed a year and a half ago. his words still have power. here, condemning actions in iraq and afghanistan, which the younger brother said became their motivation to attack. >> we have chosen the path of war in order to defend ourselves from your oppression. >> reporter: the elder brother, tamerlan had another favorite speaker, a chechen rebel leader, whose video tamerlan posted online. here, the leader threatens death to anyone who helps the infidels. he was killed by the russians last year.

and it was on the internet, dzhokhar told fbi agents that they learned how to make a bomb with a pressure cooker. all found at an al qaeda online magazine called "inspire." >> this suggests people appear to be getting smarter about building easily manufactured bombs and then targeting sites in the united states. >> it is your statement. >> reporter: in russia the mother of the brothers tsarnaev who first encouraged her son to follow islam was defiant in claiming their innocence. >> my son just was muslim! my son was muslim that's it! >> reporter: in her first on camera interview, zubeidat tsarnaev said her sons were being set up. >> what happened is a terrible thing. but i know that my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. >> reporter: the parents are talking about coming to boston to see their surviving son and claim the body of their dead one. but if the mother comes, she could face arrest. for failing to show up in court

last year, in boston, on charges she shoplifted some $1,600 of clothing from the lord & taylor department store. brian ross, abc news, new york. we are hearing for the first time from the suburban boston boat owner who discovered dzhokhar tsarnaev last friday. david henneberry, became a hero overnight after his 911 call led police to tsarnaev. it was henneberry's obsession with the shrink wrap on the boat, and the slip away too that discovered, that drove his discovery there. he describes what he saw. >> good amount of blood. >> yeah. my eyes went to the other side of the engine box. the engine box is in the middle of the -- there was a body. i know i took three steps up the ladder. i don't remember stepping down. off the ladder. >> he didn't remember that. henneberry says his one hope is to bring closure to the families of those killed and those wounded. charges have now been dropped against a man in mississippi accused of sending poison-laced letters to president obama and others.

paul kevin curtis was released from custody yesterday after investigators failed to find evidence of ricin at his home. the fbi has now concluded, concluded its search of another man's home in connection with the investigation. that man has not been charged and he claims that he is innocent. >> one of the men facing terror charges in canada for allegedly plotting to derail a passenger train says he is innocent. in a court hearing he rejected charges saying authorities that based their conclusions on his physical appearance. his alleged accomplice will appear before a judge. investigators say both received guidance, but no money, from al qaeda in iran. rock climbers in the french alps captured a dangerous spectacular scene. they were a safe distance away with the camera when the earth started to move. check that out. you are looking at a powerful avalanche, landslide, rolled into one. started snow giving way at the top of the mountain. as you see everything else came tumbling down. tons of dirt, rock and trees. the waterlogged midwest bracing for a soaker today. the illinois river crested at a

new level. record 29.3 feet. floodwaters pouring into businesses in peoria. as abc's wendy gillette reports, the flood threat covers a wide area. [ sirens blaring ] >> reporter: sandbags to the rescue in fargo, north dakota. and the tiny community of dutchtown, missouri, population 94. all to save homes and businesses from ravaging floodwaters. flowing across parts of the midwest. you couldn't ask for a more appropriate name than grand rapids, michigan, these past few days. >> never seen anything like this before in my life. and just was intrigued at how high the water was. and just how bad everything got flooded. >> reporter: a familiar refrain across the region. >> we lived here 50 years. we come downtown to walk a lot -- at least a couple times every week. and never have seen anything like this. >> reporter: the flooding is the worst in recorded history in some areas. >> came in like a water fall.

>> reporter: that was before more rain came pouring down tuesday in desplains, illinois. >> we were bailing it and urging it down the drainpipe. until the window burst. the basement window burst from the water. people parading outside. >> reporter: four dozen counties in illinois have been declared state disaster areas. the worst is not over for some areas. there is rain in the forecast for six states in the midwest. water levels could rise in the dakotas and minnesota when the snow pack rapidly melts in the coming week. wendy gillette, abc news, new york. >> wow. >> the rain and snow melting is obviously one of the issues everybody is worried about. in all the midwestern states. in states like, you know, illinois, iowa, and missouri, which are -- kind of, cut through by the mississippi river, the biggest problem they're facing, parts of the river have deposits at the bottom continuing to build. the water level is rising. they have sandbags and things

supposed to stop the water. only at 24 feet. so, you know, these, these, levels are cresting higher and higher these days. >> desperate situation. the, in peoria, illinois river, highest ever since 1943. 17 inches of rain, twice the normal amount. really getting bad. getting reports from grand rapids. even arrests for looting in a flooded home. >> that's -- >> can you imagine? everybody else is sandbagging takes one or two people, right? >> such a desperate situation. the least you could do is at least stay out of people's homes. >> if you are not going to help. >> if you are not going to help, just stay out of the way. let's take a look at the weather now. snow showers possibility for the upper midwest, unfortunately, for them. rain in pittsburgh, buffalo and atlanta. risk of thunderstorms in new orleans. rainy in alaska and hawaii. >> all right, northeast finally warms up to the 70s. it is still up to 15 degrees colder than the midwest. dallas, 36, should be 80. pleasant and warm in southern california. set the scene for this one. england loves rugby.

in england, garbage is referred to as rubbish, this is called a rubbish rugby kick. >> say that five times fast. happened in a professional rugby latch last sunday. watch the kick. lands out of bounds right in the rubbish bin. full credit goes for elliott daly of the london wasps. >> elliott, could probably play another 50 years of rugby and wouldn't be able to do that again for a million, zillion dollars. >> the crowd was right on it. as soon as it goes in. >> there it goes. one more time. let's see it. let's see it. up, up, and boom! >> come on. got to have something special for that guy. that ball was rubbish, anyway. >> buy him dinner. coming up, all the drama during "dancing with the stars" elimination round. we have it for you. later, almost family vacation time. reaching out to some advice from the experts this year on travel and trends. how to avoid hassles when you and your kids hit the road. you are watching "world news now." ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> there are new apps out there that advertise themselves making it easier to communicate while driving. while it turns out hands-free isn't always safer. >> surprising, a new study shows speaking your text messages is just as distracting as typing them.

here's abc's paula faris. >> reporter: we have shown how distracting driving can be, whether with your kids in the back seat or phone in hand. when i took my eyes off the highway for just over 2 seconds, i traveled half the length of a football field. and while you might think using your phone's voice to text feature is making your ride safer, a study out today says it is just as dangerous as manual texting. in fact, this first of its kind research, a small study of 45 drivers, claims that driving performance slows down when you text, whether it's manual or voice to text. >> this report shows you are in just as much danger when you are using a voice driven way to text as if you are sitting in the driver's seat typing away with your phones. >> reporter: you are 23 times more likely to get into a car crash while texting. so the consumer is now driving automakers to install technology they assume makes the car safer into their vehicles.

like voice to text. >> if the consumer believes the technology in their vehicle makes them safer that's on them, that's not on the message that they're hearing from the auto maker? >> i think they are getting mixed signals from the auto makers. none of the automakers would say "this is safe, go out and use it." >> reporter: department of transportation is issuing new distracted driving guidelines to automakers, encouraging them to limit any sort of electronic distraction that would take the driver's eyes off the road. what is the solution for texting and driving? >> not doing it. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> a simple message. it's been the same message all along. don't text and drive. >> aren't you surprised, it seems like, you know, i have never done one of these. siri -- "tell mom i will be home in 20 minutes." and, it seems like it wouldn't be that distracting. >> i agree until i finally got siri. i started doing this -- essentially texting while driving, speaking my text while driving.

you end up doing, you look down, and -- it makes no sense what you just typed in there is completely wrong. you are frustrated. you have to double check it. you are reading while you are driving. not only that -- you want to send the text. you resort to go back to correct it. >> hit buttons to get siri to start listening in the first place. >> you have got to hit a big button to get her to listen in the first place. the problem is going back. looking at the text. it is incoherent. you want to go back. you want to send the text, you fix it. texting while you are driving. >> no texting no matter what. >> there you go. coming up, the youtube record breaker once again. what video is so sensational it has been watched 400 -- 40 million times. made it more popular than he is. a chance to sample some of beyonce's world concert tour. don't miss it up next in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from abc

♪ skinny so skinny >> welcome back, a week of "the skinny" is never complete without some "dancing with the stars" news. >> yes, of course. what have you got? >> okay, "dancing with the stars" elimination night happened. a lot of people have been keeping quite a keen eye on andy dick. nobody expected him -- >> cracks me up. exactly right. >> anyway. here we were. once again he was at the bottom.

he had a samba. 18 points. another one on the bottom, was victor ortiz, a wrestler -- a boxer rather. with the rumba. 18 points. biting their nails. which one was going to go? which one was going to go? it was not andy dick. he survived. sorry if that was a spoiler alert. the one who did go. ear muffs if you don't want to hear it. victor ortiz. had a blast. made friends. i was happy to get this far. i think people were surprised he made it this far, too. >> take a listen. >> hopefully the beautiful people will follow me to the next world championship title bout. along with -- along with cast 16. ringside. so, i, it's been a blast. you know? i am happy to get this far. i definitely need some dance moves. >> there you go. an open invitation to the cast for ringside next time he has a bout. >> he still looks pretty good. not surprised boxers move well. they almost dance on their feet. >> eh --

let's talk about mr. psy of "gangnam style" fame. he has got a new song out. and apparently it's really burning up youtube. the south korean pop star, a mark for viral views, single "gentleman" 38 million views in a single day. setting a blistering pace. let's give a listen. ♪ i'm i'm a i'm ♪ i'm a gentle, gentleman ♪ i'm a i'm a i'm a >> producer scott says 38 mi million views. in a day on youtube. and "gentleman" surpassing the single day record of 30 million, set by a koni 2012 short film. and psy has "gangnam style" most ever, 1.5 billion hits on youtube. it has a long way to go. apparently, this video is ahead of "gangnam style" at that moment. >> here is a tidbit for you. south korea is not so happy with the video. it is a little on the raunchy side.

>> always been controversial, psy. >> goes around humping everything he comes across including fire hydrants. the government says, that's public, government property. you are not supposed to be doing that. >> you can hump some things, but not fire hydrants. >> not fire hydrants. and traffic cones also. i think. moving on to another powerhouse of a celebrity. beyonce, on tour, world tour, a -- there is a clip that has been released. 1:30, shows her belting out a ton of her really popular songs. and "run the world girls". "love on top" and "halo." and basks in the glory of her adoring fans. there is a little bit of the video there. she is doing all this accompanied by her little baby, blue ivy. another one of our "the skinny" elements a couple weeks ago. people were bashing her for not being a good enough mom. now she is showing everybody what she's got. she's awesome. >> looks great.

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♪ for many families it is about time to start planning the summer vacation. sometimes elusive. >> oh, yeah. traveling with the kids can be a challenge, but there are helpful new trends in summer travel. abc's becky worley tried them

out with help from her twins. >> reporter: you plan. you pack. what about the fun? according to our friends at "conde naste traveler" to get started unplug. >> you will see a family at the table and every member of the family has their nose, you know, on the screen of their digital device. >> reporter: first tip -- before you go, make a contract. >> we are not going to have ipods, we are not going to have movies. i am not going to check my e-mail all day. let's do it. on the up side it is fun to go old school. road trip bingo. hoping this keeps them busy for at least an hour? ben circled things he didn't see. >> did you circle things you didn't see? you are a monkey. next, take everyone along for the ride. multigenerational vacations are very 2013. >> grandparents have a lot more patience generally with children than parents do. >> reporter: also consider taking the four-legged members of your family. with more restaurants and hotels accepting canines it can make

your journey a lot of fun. finally, take things slow. can anyone say slowcation? schedule less. be spontaneous. when you see something cool, pull over. today's highly scheduled kids will really remember their parents just winging it. >> yuck. >> reporter: as you head out for your summer adventures, unplug, under schedule, and enjoy the whole family. whoo! we made it. i can't promise a trip free from missteps. ha-ha-ha! but these are steps in the right direction. have a happy vacation, i'm becky worley, abc news, stinson beach, california. >> they get to go to the beach. did you do the beach? >> i had five sisters and a brother. we would pack into the station wagon, horrible back in the 1970s. my dad would yell, "if i have to

pull this car over, you are in big trouble." we only went never more than 100 miles. grew up in new york. we went upstate new yo

this morning, boston's bombing scene coming back to life. >> businesses reopening in the city's back bay. new information about the bombers. and their mother in russia. she spoke again overnight. the manhunt, with military precision, ended in this man's backyard. new troubles for lance armstrong overnight, as the government formally filed its case for all of the post office

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mother of dzhokhar, and older brother, tamerlan, defiantly claims their innocence. >> i know that my kids have nothing to do with this. i know it. i am mother. >> reporter: online, dzhokhar's friends released this video of him doing a robot dance. a sharp contrast with this glimpse of the brothers allegedly toting bombs through the crowd. authorities now say those bombs were built with parts found at any hardware store, beebe pellets, nails, and parts of a remote toy car. the manager at this fireworks store, said she sold tamerlan tsaranev a kit. in washington, agents are trying to verify how and where the bombs were made. >> we got minimal information from the individual in custody